Blackburn vs Leicester 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

Blackburn Rovers

9': Sammie Szmodics

FT
1 - 4

Leicester City

4': Wout Faes
28': Jamie Vardy
82': Kelechi Iheanacho (P)
88': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Introduction

Blackburn Rovers are hosting Leicester City at Ewood Park, Blackburn, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

4': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 0, Leicester City 1. Wout Faes (Leicester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu with a cross following a corner.
9': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 1. Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
15': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
30': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
46': Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
48': Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Abdul Fatawu.
61': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Tyrhys Dolan replaces Arnór Sigurdsson.
62': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Leopold Wahlstedt replaces Aynsley Pears because of an injury.
70': Adam Wharton (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Stephy Mavididi.
71': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Ricardo Pereira.
76': Substitution, Leicester City. Cesare Casadei replaces Kasey McAteer because of an injury.
76': Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Jamie Vardy.
82': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 3. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
83': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sondre Tronstad replaces Adam Wharton.
83': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Semir Telalovic replaces Dilan Markanday.
87': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Harry Pickering.
88': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball following a fast break.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Ewood Park
Location: Blackburn, England
Attendance: 15,937

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+65	Leeds United	46	100	4
+53	Burnley	46	100	2
+27	Sheffield United	46	90	10
+14	Sunderland	46	76	12

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		BLK
14	Fouls	8
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
6	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	0
52.1	Possession	47.9
11	SHOTS	15
4	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.3
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
498	Accurate Passes	448
576	Passes	524
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	3
9	Crosses	13
0.1	Cross %	0.2
57	Long Balls	36
22	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
4	Blocked Shots	6
16	Effective Tackles	8
24	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
21	Interceptions	11
10	Effective Clearances	9
10	Clearances	9

Line-Ups

Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Aynsley Pears (GK)
5	Dominic Hyam
17	Hayden Carter
3	Harry Pickering
2	Callum Brittain
24	Andy Moran
23	Adam Wharton
27	Lewis Travis
8	Sammie Szmodics
7	Arnór Sigurdsson
18	Dilan Kumar Markanday

Substitutes:

Tyrhys Dolan, Sondre Tronstad, Zak Gilsenan, Leopold Wahlstedt, Scott Wharton, Jake Garrett, Joe Rankin-Costello, Semir Telalovic, James Hill.

Leicester City (4-3-3)

No.	Name
30	Mads Hermansen (GK)
23	Jannik Vestergaard
3	Wout Faes
2	James Justin
21	Ricardo Pereira
8	Harry Winks
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
25	Wilfred Ndidi
9	Jamie Vardy
10	Stephy Mavididi
18	Fatawu Issahaku